<p>Newton,</p>
<p>What if your doctorate adviser is a real pain? Or your future coworker? Or your boss? Or your in-laws? These things happen. It’s all part of learning how to interact with people and grow up. What are you going to do when you get into grad school, and it’s almost inevitably in a place you didn’t expect to go? Or when your first academic job is on the other side of the country?</p>
<p>I’m not saying that you shouldn’t consider your personal tastes… just that you should consider the long-term as well. </p>
<p>If you absolutely cannot handle a roommate, then get a studio apartment.</p>